Gujarat: Cong leaders protest 'anti-farmer' bill, held

Senior Gujarat Congress leaders and party workers were detained in Gandhinagar on Monday when they tried to march towards the state assembly, while protesting against the Gujarat Irrigation and......

Direct contest between Modi, Shweta Bhatt in Maninagar

The Gujarat Parivartan Party on Monday withdrew its candidate from Maninagar constituency, paving the way for a direct contest between Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Congress candidate Shweta......

Shweta Bhatt: Congress puts up meek fight against Modi

The Congress has done a disservice to its party leaders and workers by fielding a non-entity like Shweta Bhatt to take on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the Gujarat assemby election,......

Shweta Bhatt: Congress puts up meek fight against Modi

The Congress has done a disservice to its party leaders and workers by fielding a non-entity like Shweta Bhatt to take on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the Gujarat assemby election,......

RIL to begin gas production from KG-D6 by Jan

Reliance Industries is likely to start natural gas production from its eastern offshore KG-D6 block by January, Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dinsha Patel informed the Rajya Sabha......

Mining firms may have to share fortunes with locals

A Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill tabled in the Lok Sabha on Monday seeks to compel mining companies to pay higher compensation to the people displaced by their projects and......

Mining bill: Firms to share profits with locals

The government on Friday approved a landmark draft mines bill which provides for miners to share 26 per cent of their net profits for the people affected by the coal projects, while the burden on......

Quebeck opens mining door to India

Clement Gignac, Quebec Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export, and Dinsha Patel, India's Minister of Mining, have agreed on a draft accord on investment and sustainable development......

Pension hike for retired cricketers

Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sharad Pawar announced a monthly pension of Rs 25,000 for retired cricketers."The Board," he said, "decided that since its income had touched Rs 1000......